Training Log Archive: jima

Stopped at the XC center - Jane and Tracey were there. Looked at boots - will probably get a pair of Atomic World Cup Skate boots.

Chatted about trails and map - need to pull up what I ended up with last year and see about tweaking it a bit as needed.

First on-snow this year. When I pulled up to the base of the alpine slope, Nina and a small handful of GNA juniors were just finishing up.
I was OK without company - as the first few times I'm always a bit less-than-graceful. Takes a while to get back into the swing of it.
Didn't help that I'd brought SNS Profil boots and had SNS Pilot bindings - things were flopping around a bit.
Had nothing in my arms - hardly a surprise considering that I've done no upper body work. So a few times of double poling back and forth.

I know I will feel this tomorrow - but I have to start somewhere.

C • Snow 2

Checking out the ski-o trails. Had to move a few blow downs, with some larger blow downs leading to relocation of trails. Will have a few more options in the area that I focused on last year - working on getting access to a snowmobile for grooming - just can't snowshoe it all in myself this year.

Cold and blustery morning run at RV Farms.

A lot of dog walkers out - all well behaved.

Right foot not liking the downhills - hard to do a forefoot strike - irritating the arch.

Evening run by headlamp at Gunstock - an inch of so of snow on the trails, with a bit more coming down.

Snow gun is out in the stadium, but doesn't look like it's been fired up at all yet. Maybe get past the next 24 hours and inch plus of rain, then it's supposed to get really cold for a while.

14 Dec announced opening day for XC - we'll see.